Disliked{quote} Hi Rick, no matter in heaven or hell, FF members are suckers to TA. We are wasting our time. We have wasted enough time. You know what we both have to do. I don't need to tell you. And that neighbour of yours, I'm sure you know him better now. Cheers ***This thread is now open to FF members with no moderation.Ignored
I'm going be in Japan trading Futures for six weeks and eating the odd Sushi or two - won't give a shit what FF members are wasting their time on.
Before I go, perhaps I should talk about an Ex New York floor trader and now a hedge fund manager called Garry Norden who wrote a book on this subject.
Technical Analysis Exposed - Why Most Technical Analysis Traders Lose
The following is an insert from Garry about his book.
When I first moved to Australia I had no intention of writing books or providing services to retail traders. However, after reading magazines and attending seminars aimed at retail traders I felt compelled to get involved and offer insight from the perspective of someone who had only traded at a professional level.
It was clear that every 'educator' and trading magazine contributor was teaching some form of technical analysis. Yet in my time in the industry I had never worked with one trader who used it. And so from 2003 until 2005 I researched the field of technical analysis as thoroughly as I could. I wrote to institutions and researchers all over the world and gathered dozens of studies. I shared those studies as well as my own views on the failings of technical analysis in my first book 'Technical Analysis and the Active Trader'.
But the publishing process was not a straight forward one. One major publisher turned the book down, simply because they said if people enjoyed it and agreed with me, they would struggle to sell all the technical analysis books they they were producing!
A major publisher did take the book but we had significant disagreements over the title and marketing and cost of the book. I hated the title 'Technical Analysis and the Active Trader' and I hated the marketing blurb that went with it as well as the US$65 price tag. It felt like the book was being set up to fail. I had the distinct impression that all aspects of the trading community didn't want this book to be widely distributed. In fact, one US based book promoter actually told me that no trading or financial media would cover the book or allow me to publicize it!
Still think TA works? READ THE FUCKIN BOOK
Very few are succesful, why the hell do you think your'e going to be one of those lucky bastards that is profitable.
Stop dreaming - TA isn't the answer.
Trading thin liquidity at the boundary of the charts
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